2010, My year to smash all of my PR's

Folly Beach 10 Mile Run

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Location:

North Charleston,SC,USA

Member Since:

Nov 02, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

 

 3 mile (2007) in the Marines  19:00
 5k (Mar 2010) 19:53
 10k (May 2010)  42:06
 10 mile (Nov 2009)  1:15:47
 Half Marathon (Jan 2010)  1:37:57
Marathon (Oct 2010)

3:47:06

12 Hour Ultra (July 2010) 60.8 miles

Short-Term Running Goals:

Qu’est-ce que c’est? 12 h Run (Jul 4) Over 60 miles 60.8 miles

Run a marathon under 4 hours

Run a 5k under 19 minutes

St. George Marathon (Oct 2, 2010)

Myrtle Beach Marathon (Feb 19, 2011) 

Possible upcoming races:

Charleston Half Marathon (Jan 2011) Sub 1:32

2010 Goals:

- Run 2010 miles

- Do 2010 Pull ups (2010+)

- 20,100 Push ups/Sit Ups (20100 so far)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a Boston Qualifier

Run an ultra marathon

Run a 100 miler

Run at least one marathon a year

Sub 5:20 mile

Sub 18:30 5k

Sub 38 10k

Sub 1:25 half

Sub 3 hour marathon

Badwater Ultra

Hurt 100

Bear 100

Moab 100

Wasatch 100

Umstead 100

Personal:

My name is Vinh Nguyen. I'm 28 years old, former Marine...

Started running when I joined the military in 1999. I did not enjoy running until 2006-7 when I started training for my first marathon. In the Marines, we ran an average of 3-5 miles. I never ran any distances longer than that until I started training for the Myrtle Beach Marathon in 2007.

Currently working as a government contractor (electronics technician).

I finished my Associates of Science in August and have finally been able to train hard full time. I decided to take time of school to see how much of a difference it will make and maybe hopefully achieve my goal and qualify for Boston.

 "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum"
"The only easy day was yesterday"

 

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
14.000.0018.000.000.0032.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Ran an easy 10 miler today. I haven't been drinking any water when I'm running 10-12 miles or less. Not sure if that is a good thing but I don't feel like I need to. I'll be bumping up the mileage next week after my 10 mile race Saturday.

Mile 1 - 8:33

Mile 2 - 8:13

Mile 3 - 8:25

Mile 4 - 8:28

Mile 5 - 8:23

Mile 6 - 8:19

Mile 7 - 8:21

Mile 8 - 8:14

Mile 9 - 8:22

Mile 10 - 8:13

AVG Pace - 8:21       Total time - 1:23:37

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Upper body and core workout today.

 

I was at Ross today and found some Brooks Mach X for $9. I can use these for a 5k/10k. Pretty light and has some cushion.

 

 

Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.000.003.000.000.005.00

1 mile warm up

mile repeats x3 with 400m recovery jog in between. Ran on the treadmill since it was raining. I wasn't sure what pace to run during the repeats. I wasn't really struggling with the paces below. Probably could have gone a lil faster, but it was definitely not a walk in the park.

mile 1 - 6:55

mile 2 - 6:50

mile 3 - 6:45

.5 mile cool down

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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.5 warm up

 5 miles at 7:30 pace

.5 cool down

Comments(1)
Race: Folly Beach 10 Mile Run (10 Miles) 01:15:47, Place overall: 19, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Pretty good race for me. I definitely started out way too fast as you can see in my splits. Caught a cramp by mile 5, oh well....I need to pace myself better but good race overall. Great run, great weather, great people, what more could you ask for? Oh and I placed 2nd in my age group!

 

 

Mile 1 - 6:46

Mile 2 - 7:05

Mile 3 - 7:27

Mile 4 - 7:32

Mile 5 - 7:36 (got a cramp!)

Mile 6 - 7:48

Mile 7 - 7:49

Mile 8 - 8:00

Mile 9 - 7:59

Mile 10 - 7:42

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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